.Medical treatmentIf physio and self-administered therapy fail, a cortisone injection into the bursa may deflate it, although surgery to remove the bursa and excess bone may be the final solution.Can you run through it?With pain, runners sometimes do, but probably

of the tendon, though, the problem can recur. You can reduce the chances of this by embarking on a long-term rehabilitation programme, designed to maintain the surgeon’s and the physios’ efforts during your post-operative rehabilitation. The question of whether

knew something was wrong. This was misdiagnosed by one physio as ITB trouble. Gently kicking a beach ball to my daughter one day with my right foot resulted in a tear in a quad muscle in the left leg, which over the next 3 months healed and retore

Annie says: In recent times the foam roller has been hailed as the holy grail of runner injury cure and prevention, it has certainly saved many from sizable bills from their sports masseuse or physio. But sometimes the standard foam rollers just can

already beginning to show. "The third marathon was very hard but I didn’t tell the physio John how bad I was feeling in case he pulled me off the course," she says. "I hadn’t expected to have such problems sleeping. The pain in my legs got so bad it woke

. – Colin Watts... so make the most of your post-exercise window My physio says that it is OK to do stretches up to 30 minutes after finishing exercise, which is great for me as I tend to be too tired and unsteady on my feet to do my stretches properly

to your running style can reduce the risk of injury, improve running efficiency and, ultimately running, performance,” says Mark Saunders of  Physio 4 life (www.physio4life.co.uk). Ensuring you have the correct footwear to support your running style

.There was a tender scene at mile 15 where physio Rich pointed out my eyelashes had frosted over, and he spent a minute or so snapping tiny crystals of ice from them while I stood by the size of the A61 steaming like a racehorse. And the FOG! Oh my word

Q I’ve recently undergone abdominal surgery, and the hospital physio has advised me to wait for three weeks before running. I think that this is on the excessive side because I feel fine, and the scar is healing rapidly. Do you agree

Q After just a couple of months of running, and after finishing my first half-marathon, I’ve been getting muscle spasms in my hips and back. I’ve had to stop running, but I still get them after any light exercise. I’ve been to a physio